Cbi Scotland

A coalition of Scotland's major business organisations has renewed pressure on the Scottish Government to overhaul the country's planning system, publishing a joint report which recommends that housing should be treated as economic infrastructure, with a national target of at least 25,000 new homes

The Scottish Government has dropped its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 after accepting that the interim step is now "out of reach".

An online application portal for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been launched today as the initiative was extended by another month.

CBI Scotland has called for a national housing target to be set and more funding to be allocated to planning departments to improve the speed of decision-making.